1/15/2010
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP announced the results of its Fifth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Contest.
The contest, which was open to all sixth-grade students within Grand Rapids Public Schools, challenged the students to write an essay on one of four topics designed to encourage students to think about how Dr. King’s legacy of peace and justice applies to the world in which they live. More than 110 students entered this year’s competition.
Winners included:
Cache Allen, Riverside Middle School, first place
Miles C. Jones, C.A. Frost Environmental Science Academy, first runner up
Vera Spence, Harrison Middle School, second runner up
Jose I. Gonzales-Longoria, Southwest Community Campus, second runner up
Additionally, 17 students received an honorable mention. Winning students received either a savings bond and/or a gift certificate to a local bookstore.
Allen will read her essay the Grand Rapids Community College Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration events at 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18. All winners will be invited to read their essays at the Grand Rapids Public School board meeting on Monday, Feb. 1.
Essays were judged by Warner Norcross attorneys and staff according to Michigan Education Assessment Program, or MEAP, scoring guidelines that included originality, clarity, organization and knowledge of Dr. King and his work in the civil rights movement.
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